#4 Vista support incomplete

[Michael Elsdoerfer]

*) Right-click on junction -> NTFS Link submenu: The "Unlink" and "Open" actions always give "\" as the path name?

*) For some reason, junction tracking seems not to work. The dialog is not shown when it should. This needs to be investigated.

*) The hook that makes sure that explorer won't delete the target folder of a junction can be disabled on Vista, as the explorer is now junction-aware in that respect.

*) Vista seems to have it's own overlays for (at least certain kinds) of links. How do we handle this?

*) Vista introduces new symbolic links (apart from junctions) that work on files as well as directories. We should support them.

What else?

[Gravata]

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NTFS Link v2.1 was released in 2004 (2004-09-02) long before the release of Vista.
So I wouldn't call the problems related here as "bugs", but imcompatibility instead.

But of course it would be a great addition to the program since Vista is only aware of Hard Links and Junctions, but do not provide tools for handling them. (or doe's it?)

[Michael Elsdoerfer]

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*) Registry tracking in the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE key is highly problematic. HKEY_CURRENT_USER is not that good an alternative either. Maybe use a file in the All Users profile?

[Michael Elsdoerfer]

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> But of course it would be a great addition to the program since Vista is
> only aware of Hard Links and Junctions, but do not provide tools for
> handling them. (or doe's it?)

That is my understanding too.

[Michael Elsdoerfer]

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> *) Right-click on junction -> NTFS Link submenu: The "Unlink" and "Open"
> actions always give "\" as the path name?

*) For some reason, junction tracking seems not to work. The dialog is not
shown when it should. This needs to be investigated.

Both issues have been fixed in SVN (it was not a Vista-specific problem).